#Breaking Week In Sports: Minnesota Teams Respond To Death Of George Floyd NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Bryant Howard about the week in sports news. Read more on NPR
#Breaking As German Soccer Restarts, Broadcasters Use Crowd Sounds To Replace Missing Fans Germany's top soccer league, the Bundesliga, is among the first major sports league to resume its season. And empty and quiet stadiums have led to some controversial new features to the broadcasts. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Valorie Kondos Field: How Can We Reinvent Our Definition Of Success? Former gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field led her team to victory by creating a supportive environment, instead of a cutthroat one. The impact of that decision, she says, echoes far beyond the gym. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Without Fans, Sports Stadiums Are Pretty Quiet During The Pandemic A Japanese firm created an app that lets fans follow the match as they would on TV, and cheer or boo players through their phones. Their voices are then played in the stadium through loudspeakers. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Boston Marathon Canceled, Will Be A Virtual Event Because Of Coronavirus All participants who were set to run in the event initially slated for April 20 and later pushed back to September 14 will have the opportunity to participate in an online alternative. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Boston Marathon Canceled, Will Be A Virtual Event Because Of Coronavirus All participants who were set to run in the event initially slated for April 20 and later pushed back to September 14 will have the opportunity to participate in an online alternative. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Basketball Hall Of Fame Pushes Enshrinement To 2021 Due To Coronavirus The Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2020, which includes the late Kobe Bryant, is now slated to be honored next spring, the Hall of Fame's chairman tells ESPN. Read more on NPR
#Breaking National Women's Soccer League To Return In June To Play Tournament All players, officials, and staff members will be tested two days prior to arrival in Utah and subject to consistent coronavirus testing and symptom review through the tournament. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Oakland A's To Stop Paying Minor League Players During The Pandemic The Oakland Athletics said they plan to stop paying their minor league players beginning June 1. They became the first team to eliminate payments because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Minnesota Twins' Minor League Team Rents Out Its Stadium At $1,500 a night, up to 10 guests can book the Pensacola Blue Wahoos' stadium on Airbnb. You have full access to the field, clubhouse and batting cages. Plus a staff member for questions. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Pandemic Forces Iditarod Winner To Stay Longer In Alaska Thomas Waerner won the Iditarod in March. All these weeks later, Waerner and his 16 dogs have yet to make it home to Norway. Waerner is set to head home in early June and his dogs will fly home too. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Men's Soccer Returns In Germany NPR's Michel Martin speaks with sports journalist Roger Bennett about the return of the German professional soccer league — and what it might mean for the return of professional sports more broadly. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Week In Sports: Colleges Prepare For Fall; Remembering Utah Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan Colleges are preparing for the next athletic season amid the pandemic. Utah Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan is remembered. ESPN's Michael Jordan documentary ends. Read more on NPR
#Breaking NCAA Says College Football, Basketball Workouts Can Resume June 1 Each school and conference will be free to decide how to safely resume athletic operations, the NCAA Division I Council says. Read more on NPR
#Breaking NFL Announces New Rules To Tackle Lack Of Diversity In Its Coaching, Executive Ranks The NFL expanded the Rooney Rule on the same day teams were allowed to reopen practice facilities if area regulations allowed. Team facilities were shut in late March out of COVID-19 concerns. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Professional Sports' Comeback Gains Momentum, But For Some Leagues Cautiously Major pro sports in the U.S. were benched due to the coronavirus outbreak. Now, some are restarting. For others, the pace is more measured. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Listener Questions About Professional Sports During The Pandemic, Answered Mina Kimes, a senior sports writer and host of the ESPN Daily podcast, answers listener questions about professional sports during the pandemic. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Experts Say It Is Too Soon For Pro Sports To Reopen Major pro sports in the U.S. are still shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak, and the momentum has been building for them to restart. But some experts believe that it is too soon for a comeback. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Old Sneakers Auctioned Off For A Record $560,000 The shoes are Michael Jordan's personal pair of 1985 Air Jordans. Sotheby's reports the kicks sold for more than three times what was expected. Jordan had signed them in permanent marker. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Kevin Harvick Wins As NASCAR Returns Without Fans NASCAR is the first major sport to return since the coronavirus shutdown. "We miss the fans," driver Kevin Harvick said as he emerged victorious from his car. Read more on NPR
#Breaking 'Better Than No Football At All': Germany's Bundesliga Restarts Season It became the first top international soccer league to resume after suspending play due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the decision to continue the tournament without fans remains controversial. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Breaking Down MLB Executives Eyeing A July Start For The Season Baseball might be America's national pastime. Should it be an American priority? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN about Major League Baseball's proposal. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Not My Job: We Quiz Figure Skater Adam Rippon On Rip-Offs Three questions for the bronze medal winner about people stealing other people's ideas or products. Read more on NPR
#Breaking President Trump Pushes To Open Paused Sports Leagues Trump has gone beyond the typical sports fan's laments. He's circled back, again and again, to the idea of resuming play. Read more on NPR
#Breaking IOC Will Devote $800 Million To Postponed Tokyo Olympics, COVID-19 Costs Most of the money will go toward helping the International Olympic Committee mount an Olympics one year later than planned — something it's never done before. Read more on NPR